[edi581] HOW CAN YOU LIVE WITHOUT KNOWING THESE THINGS? (It's easy)
- From: JerryTaylr@xxxxxxx
- To: edi581@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:36:54 EDT
Reuven Shapira wrote:
> I cannot be responsible for the accuracy, however, it's fun to further
> explore...
> > > Coca-Cola was originally green.
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Yup, it sure is. Especially since they're ALL probably FALSE!
For example, at no time in Coca-Cola's history has that beverage been green.
The original formula called for caramel to give Coca-Cola its rich brown
color, and although the recipe has undergone some changes through the years,
none
of them affected the ultimate color of the product.
(Brown also hides impurities in any given batch, something the backroom
chemist who invented Coca-Cola in 1886 kept well in mind as he proceeded with
his
formulation. These days syrup producers and bottlers have no impurities to
hide, but back in the "three copper kettles in somebody's basement" days,
covering
up what might have inadvertently dropped into the mix was a concern, and
brown hid indiscretions remarkably well.)
Coke has at times been bottled in green glass bottles, which perhaps explains
the popularity of this particular rumor.
Sorry to spoil everyone's fun.
Jerry
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